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What is the traditional physical dividing line between Europe and Asia?

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From the Ural Mountains down to the Caucasus’s.

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What are some of Europe’s locational advantages?

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Contact with much of the rest of the world, nowhere far from the ocean, naviagable rivers

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What are Europe’s subregions?

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European Core
Northern Europe
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe

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Which 4 countries alone comprise half of Europe’s population?

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Germany
France
United Kingdom
Italy

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What are the two belts of industrialization and urbanization near historical sources of coal and hydroelectric power?

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North to South from UK to Italy

East to West from UK to Poland

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Why is Europe’s population declining?

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Low birth rates, fertility rate below population replacement level, Europe’s population aging faster than all other world regions

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How are governments in Europe starting to view immigrants?

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A financial burden on society
Threatening to unravel the social safety net of the European welfare state
Living outside mainstream european society instead of becoming integrated within it

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What are some physical characteristics of Europe?

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Irregular shape
high latitude
temperate climate
jagged coastal outline

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_______ (tidal mouths of rivers) and ______ offer protection for shipping.

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Estuaries, harbors

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Why is Europe so warm?

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Warm ocean currents

Westerly winds

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In summer, the ocean is ______ in Europe than land so the winds have a ______ effect.

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cooler, cooling

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What are Europe’s 4 physiographic regions?

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Western uplands
North european lowland
Central uplands (plateaus)
Alpine mountains

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Where are the western uplands in Europe?

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Scandinavia through western britain and Ireland

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What makes up the central uplands in Europe?

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Hills and plateaus

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What makes up the North European Lowlands?

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Southeastern Britain and central France across Germany and Denmark into Poland and Ukraine, major cities and rivers

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What did glaciation do to Europe?

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Created favorable sites for hydroelectric installations, left fertile deposits on most of North European Plain

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What are some of Europe’s diversity of climate and vegetation?

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Marine West Coast
Humid Continental Short Summer (cold)
Humid Continental Long Summer (warm)
Mediterranean
Subarctic and tundra
Undifferientiated highlands
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What are some of Europe’s important seaports?

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London on the Thames
Antwerp on the Scheldt
Rotterdam in the delta of the Rhine
Hamburg on the Elbe

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What are Europe’s major language families?

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Romance (Italian, French, Spanish)
Germanic (German, English, Dutch, Danish)
Slavic (Russian, Polish, Czech)

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What is Europe’s largest religious group?

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Roman Catholic Church

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What is the fastest growing religion in Europe?

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Islam

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The _____ ______ was an important global trade route in Europe, connecting China and Venice.

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Silk Road

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What achievements gave Europe some advantages?

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Shipbuilding
Navigation
Manufacture and handling of weapons

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The extension of the power of a nation through direct or indirect control of the economic and political life of other territories

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Imperialism

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Shift from energy-hungry, labor-costly, and polluting industries toward an economy based on services and production of high-tech goods
Europe's postindustrial economy
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Where is the European Union headquartered?
Brussels, Belgium
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What did the European Union begin as?
The European Economic Community
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In the European Union, what was eliminated between member states?
Tariffs on goods | Restrictions on the movement of labor and capital between member states were eased
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When did the European Union acquire the name the European Union?
1993
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What is the European Union/s currency?
Euro
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What are some advantages of having a common currency in the European Union?
``` Lower transaction costs More certainty for investors Enhanced competition More consistent pricing Restrain public spending, reduce debt ```
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What was Europe's Big Bang?
``` 10 nations joined the EU in 2004 Poland Czech Republic Hungary Slovakia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovenia Malta Cyprus ```
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Military alliance founded after the Cold War between the US, Canada, most European countries west of the Iron Curtain and Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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What are some differences between Europeans and Americans?
Concept of social justice Public education Taxes on gasoline Death penalty
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Densest, most urbanized european population Most prosperous economy Lowest unemployment Most productive agriculture
The European Core
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How many countries voluntarily associate the British monarch as their head?
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What is the Irish economy called?
The Celtic Tiger
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10% of population died of starvation | Emigrated to North America, Australia, UK
Potato Famine of 1845-1851
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What are some of the reasons for conflict in Northern Ireland?
British direct rule vs. Irish Republican Army | Catholic republicans and protestant Unionists
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What is the largest city of mainland Europe and the leading urban tourist destination?
Paris
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What is Europe's dominant economy?
Germany
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Rimland of countries whose interests are tied closely to and strongly influenced by those of core
The European Periphery
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What are the subregions of the European Periphery?
Northern Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe
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Why won't Norway and Ireland join the EU?
Fear EU fishing policies will diminish profits vital to their economies----whaling
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Which group in Europe has often been targets of discrimination and violence?
The Basques
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North vs. South in Cyprus
Greek Cypriots: Greek orthodox Christians Turkish Cypriots: Muslims Buffer Zone
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One party dictorial governments National economies planned and directed by organs of the state Abolition of private ownership
Principal traits of communism
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Forced emigration or murder of one ethnic group by another within a certain territory
Ethnic cleansing
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Also known as gypsies, largest ethnic minorities
The Roma
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What is involved in the Commonwealth of Independent States?
Russia and 11 of the former Soviet states
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What is the largest world region?
Russia and the Near Abroad
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What is the physical geography like in Russia and the Near Abroad?
``` Cold temperatures Infertile soils Marshy terrain Aridity Ruggedness ```
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Frozen ground that makes construction difficult, buildings and pipelines must be elevated and insulated
Permafrost
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Russian _____ is the largest continuous area of forest on earth
taiga
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Used for trade, conquest, and colonization (Russia)
rivers
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Connected the white sea and baltic sea in the north, black and caspian sea in south
Volga-Don Canal
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What are the main language families in Russia?
Indo-European (Slavic, Romance, Armenian) | Altaik (Turkic)
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What is the order of the Tsars in Russia?
Ivan the Great Ivan the Terrible Peter the Great Catherine the Great
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How much did Russia sell Alaska for to the US?
2 cents per acre
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Effort to implant Russian culture in non-Russian regions and to make non-Russians more like Russians
Soviet policy of Russification
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The Soviet economic system was an application of the economic and social ideas of whom?
Karl Marx---Marxism
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Rapid transition from command economy to capitalism widening the gap between rich and poor
Boris Yeltan's "Economic Shock Therapy"
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Export Russia's natural resources to flood Russia with wealth. Profits will be rolled into manufacturing and high-tech industries so that Russia enjoys a more stable, diversified economy.
Putinomics
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What are the 3 concentric spheres of geopolitical concern in Russia?
Within the Russian Federation (Unity of Russia itself) Russia's relationship with its near abroad Russia's relationships with the rest of the world
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Functional hub of region (Russia), contains 75% of region's people and an even larger share of its cities "Agricultural triangle" "Slavic Core"
The Fertile Triangle
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Where did Chernobyl occur?
North of Kiev, Ukraine
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What are the two transportation arteries that most Russians live along?
The Trans-Siberian Railroad | The lower Amur River
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Deepest body of freshwater in the world
Lake Baikal

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